Kerner v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Robert Kerner appeals an Unemployment Compensation Board of Review order which found him1 to be ineligible for benefits under Section 402(d) of the Unemployment Compensation Law.2 We affirm.

A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co. employed Kerner, a union member, under a collective bargaining agreement set to expire on February 6, 1979. The union and Staley began to negotiate a new contract on December 14, 1978. At the first meeting, the union re*134quested an extension of the existing contract should the parties fail to reach an agreement. Staley declined to discuss…